Bobsleigh has been an Olympic sport since the first games in Chamonix 1924, while the skeleton gained notoriety in St
Moritz; where many a mere mortal can pay to go down the Cresta Run in search of the
ultimate speed thrill on ice.

As well as winning nine World Championships and two Olympic golds,
Italy's Eugenio Monti proved to be an exemplary sportsman by lending the British pair,
Antony Nash and Robin Dixon, an axle bolt; which helped them win the gold in Innsbruck 1964.

Jim Shea was born with Olympics in his blood. His grandfather, Jack
won two gold medals in speed skating (500m and 1,500m) at Lake Placid 1932; and his father, James, took part in
cross-country skiing and the nordic combined in Innsbruck
1964. Jim himself started out as a bobsledder and then turned to skeleton; winning
gold in Salt Lake City 2002.